FatCity Lofts

Charlotte, NC

As a responsible neighbor, the new structure is not as much about style as it is context, scale, energy and livability.

This mixed-use building marks the intersection of 35th Street and North Davidson Street in the revitalized NoDa area. Located along a small scale commercial street adjacent to older warehouse and manufacturing structures, the building is the latest of several new mixed-use buildings. Designed to respond to its local setting and the wider context of the NoDa district, it incorporates the façade of a locally famous restaurant/pub and has been conceived so that from the exterior of the building in broken down into smaller parts in order to relate to the scale of the existing context. The first component is a contemporary interpretation of the historically prevalent street wall. At the intersection the brick and glass structure transforms into transparent metallic octagonal tower with an arcade along the corner and down 35th Street, allowing a restaurant to fill the widened sidewalk. Transparent upper corner elements provide a transition between fresh and different facades on each face of the building. In keeping with the “historic” context of the neighborhood, graffiti style art is use on one side of the building. Each façade is composed of double height loft spaces and is punctuated with balconies, terraces and decorative metal frames and cornices, lifting the street energy up onto the façade of the building.

As a responsible neighbor, the new structure is not as much about style as it is context, scale, energy and livability.